
Sam Donald
Junior Trader
Sharp on the market, hungry to learn the desk
Junior trader with three years on a London trading desk, supporting senior traders across equities and execution while building toward a full trading book. Monitors markets, executes orders, manages trade flow and risk checks, and analyses positions and P&L through the day. Built a market-monitoring dashboard that gave the desk faster sight of moves and opportunities. Strong on the analysis, the discipline and the speed the desk demands, with a solid grounding in financial markets, instruments and risk. Calm under pressure when markets move fast, quick with numbers, and rigorous about following process and limits. Studying toward further professional qualifications. Looking for a trader or trading-desk role with a firm that develops junior talent into serious traders.
London Trading Partners - London, UK
Junior Trader
Built a market-monitoring dashboard that gave the desk much faster sight of moves and opportunities.
Manage all the trade flow, the booking and risk checks accurately right through the trading day.
Analyse the positions, the P&L and all the market data to support the trading decisions.
Follow the desk process, all the risk limits and the compliance rigorously on every single trade.
Build market knowledge and a track record steadily toward running a full trading book of his own.
City Capital Markets - London, UK
Markets Intern / Trading Assistant
Learned the execution, market structure and risk processes hands-on at work.
Progressed the CFA studies alongside the daily trading-desk responsibilities and support work.
Earned a junior-trader role on the strength of his performance.
City Capital Markets - London, UK
Markets Summer Intern
Shadowed the traders, analysed markets and learned how a desk runs.
Built the first markets knowledge and contacts toward a trading role.
Then earned a graduate return offer onto a full trading-desk team.
London School of Economics
BSc (Hons) Economics & Finance
CFA Institute
CFA Level I & Financial Markets Certification
CFA Level I
CFA Institute (December 2020 to Present)
Financial Markets & Risk
CFA Institute (March 2020 to Present)
Desk dashboard
Disciplined under pressure
Aisha Rahman, London Trading Partners
Senior Trader Reference
- Phone:+44 20 555 0456
- Email:[email protected]
- Trade Execution
- Market Monitoring
- Equities
- P&L Analysis
- Risk Checks
- Trade Booking
- Market Data Analysis
- Financial Instruments
- Excel & Dashboards
- Compliance Process
- Composure
- Numeracy
- Discipline
- Quick Thinking
- Drive